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THEY WANT TO STRENGTHEN CSTO MILITARY COMPONENT

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The extraordinary sitting of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) chaired by Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan was held in Moscow today.


Following the meeting of the Heads of State the sitting continued in an extended format, featuring the National Security Secretaries, as well as the Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs.


In compliance with the agreements reached during the non-official summit in Kazakhstan in December 2008, the Heads of State discussed and signed the decision of creating quick reaction coalition forces. Presenting the decision, President Serzh Sargsyan described it as an important step “targeted at strengthening the military component of the Organisation.”


The CSTO Secretary General and the Joint Command of the Organisation were instructed to work out a package of normative acts deriving from the decision on the creation of quick reaction coalition forces and present it to the consideration of the statutory bodies within three months. Participants of the extraordinary sitting also discussed the place and time of the next sitting and decided to hold it in Moscow in June 2009. The budget for 2009 was also determined.


During the sitting of the Collective Security Council Nikolay Bordyuzha was reelected to the post of CSTO Secretary General.


Following a working dinner, the Heads of State participated in the special sitting of the Interstate council of the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC). Issues of establishing a joint anti-crisis fund and center of high technologies were discussed.